Norm Macdonald was not a part of the normal “In Memoriam” section Monday on the Emmys, regardless that he was proven simply earlier than it, when his posthumous comedy particular, Norm Macdonald: Nothing Particular, was acknowledged as a nominee within the class of selection particular.
And folks on social media shortly seen it.
To which others accurately identified that Macdonald was truly featured in final 12 months’s present. A picture of Macdonald sitting at Saturday Night time Stay’s “Weekend Replace” desk performed simply earlier than the top of the package deal, as Jon Batiste and Leon Bridges carried out Bridges’s track “River.”
Macdonald died Sept. 14, 2021, after fighting most cancers for nearly a decade. He had chosen to maintain his analysis non-public. The Emmys had been held 5 days later, on Sept. 19.
Nevertheless, Macdonald’s particular, which was up for 3 awards complete this 12 months, was launched in Might 2022, making it eligible for the competitors. It was Macdonald doing a run-through of a set that he deliberate to report later in entrance of a reside viewers, however by no means had the possibility to do.
On this 12 months’s present, John Legend gave a transferring rendition of his track “Items,” as photos of Betty White, Nichelle Nichols, Bob Saget, Sidney Poitier, Anne Heche and plenty of others flashed on a display.
However there have been some notable names that weren’t included, as is commonly the case. Amongst them had been Associates actor James Michael Tyler, Goliath actor William Damage and Meat Loaf, who was primarily generally known as a musician however appeared in lots of reveals over time, together with Glee and Elementary.
The Tv Academy retains a database of “the women and men who had been included within the televised ‘In Memoriam’ section, in addition to many others who weren’t” on its web site.
